WTV Iron Condor Strategy
WTV (WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund, an exchange traded fund, is actively managed using a model-based approach. It seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in U.S. equity securities that provide a high "total shareholder yield" and exhibit favorable quality characteristics that demonstrate a company's profitability, such as strong ROE and/or ROA. The fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies domiciled in the U.S. or listed on a U.S. exchange. The advisor generally expects to invest in large- and mid-capitalization companies and may invest in any sector. The fund is non-diversified.
WTV (WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.75B, a beta of 0.92 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 82-101.23, average daily share volume of 261K, a public-listing history dating back to 2007. These structural characteristics shape how WTV etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.92 places WTV roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. WTV pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on WTV?
An iron condor sells a call spread and a put spread at strikes outside spot, collecting net premium that is kept if the underlying stays inside the inner short strikes.
Current WTV snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $99.04, ATM IV 17.50%, IV rank 11.18%, expected move 5.02%. The iron condor on WTV below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 98-day expiry.
Why this iron condor structure on WTV specifically: WTV IV at 17.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling WTV iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.02% (roughly $4.97 on the underlying). The 98-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated WTV expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WTV should anchor to the underlying notional of $99.04 per share and to the trader's directional view on WTV etf.
WTV iron condor setup
The WTV iron condor below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With WTV near $99.04, the first option leg uses a $104.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WTV chain at a 98-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 WTV shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $104.00 | $1.95 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $104.00 | $1.95 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $94.00 | $1.68 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $90.00 | $0.85 |
WTV iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$83.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $83.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$317.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $93.17
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.262
Max profit equals the net credit times 100 inside the inner strikes; max loss equals wing width minus credit times 100. Two breakevens at inner strikes plus and minus the credit.
WTV iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on WTV. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | -$317.00 |
| $21.91 | -77.9% | -$317.00 |
| $43.80 | -55.8% | -$317.00 |
| $65.70 | -33.7% | -$317.00 |
| $87.60 | -11.6% | -$317.00 |
| $109.50 | +10.6% | +$83.00 |
| $131.39 | +32.7% | +$83.00 |
| $153.29 | +54.8% | +$83.00 |
| $175.19 | +76.9% | +$83.00 |
| $197.08 | +99.0% | +$83.00 |
When traders use iron condor on WTV
Iron condors on WTV are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if WTV etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
WTV thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WTV extends from approximately $94.07 on the downside to $104.01 on the upside. A WTV iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when WTV stays inside the inner short strikes through expiration; the wing width should reflect the trader's tolerance for the maximum loss scenario where the underlying breaches an outer strike. Current WTV IV rank near 11.18% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on WTV at 17.50%. As a Financial Services name, WTV options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WTV-specific events.
WTV iron condor positions are structurally neutral / range-bound; the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. WTV positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move WTV alongside the broader basket even when WTV-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on WTV carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical WTV earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current WTV chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on WTV?
- A iron condor on WTV is the iron condor strategy applied to WTV (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral / range-bound: An iron condor sells a call spread and a put spread at strikes outside spot, collecting net premium that is kept if the underlying stays inside the inner short strikes. With WTV etf trading near $99.04, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WTV chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are WTV iron condor max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the net credit times 100 inside the inner strikes; max loss equals wing width minus credit times 100. Two breakevens at inner strikes plus and minus the credit. For the WTV iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 17.50%), the computed maximum profit is $83.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$317.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a WTV iron condor?
- The breakeven for the WTV iron condor priced on this page is roughly $93.17 at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current WTV market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.02%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a iron condor on WTV?
- Iron condors on WTV are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if WTV etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current WTV implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- WTV ATM IV is at 17.50% with IV rank near 11.18%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.